The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-02-12
TWO IMPUDENT REVIVALISTS
REBUKED.

One day last week the same mall
brought THE UNIvERsALIsT reports of
the proceedings of two professional
"Revivalists," who have been on the
old line Of warfare against Universalism
and the Universalist Church. One of
these is the Rev. Mr.. Chubbock, recently
operating at Cedar Rapids, and the other
is Rev. DIR. Graves, at Riverside, Cal.
Both of these revivalists attacked and
denounced Universalism in the progress
of their revival; and both, we are glad
to say, were followed up in lively man.
ner by our pastors Rev. Mr.. Pratt at
Cedar Rapids, and Rev. Mr.. Deere at
Riverside.
Mr.. Chubbock is of the Elder Knapp
order of evangelists, and in his pulpit
talk evidently tries to imitate-and we
must say with some success SHAT de-
lectable pulpit BLACKBOARD Of the last
generation. A specimen of the style is
found in Mr. Chubbock's choice DECLARE
ton, at Cedar Rapids, that it was ''easier
to plough up hell with pair Of bob
tailed rabbits, hitched to shingle, than
to enter heaven through the Universal
list Church!' This same Chubbock
was at Dubuque two years ago, where
Rev. Mr.. Crum gave him some things to
ponder over, but we regret to notice
that his style is not measurably i'm
proved. Our Cedar Rapids pastor fol-
lowed Mr.. Chubbock up very closely in
the papers Of that city. 1t seems from
Mr.. Pratt's report, based on Chubbock's
own statements, that his principal
recommendation to the public lies in
"the fact that he has been in former
years a Boston tough, receiving lib
"eral education for the Christian work
Sin the slums Of that CITY," This,
then, is the man who has the effrontery
to attack Universalism and assert that
it sets "a premium ON SIM" Evolved
into wandering evangelist from the
depths of his self confessed degrade
ton, he now mounts the judgment-seat
to pronounce condemnation on the faith
of more than one hundred Universalist
families in the city, who were walking
the pleasant paths of righteousness,
while he was wallowing in debauchery
and all kinds of sin. Mr.. Pratt very
pertinently asks ''Was Mr.. Chubbock
Universalist when in his wickedness?"
He reminds the evangelist Of the I'M
savory Downs Tabor scandal of Boston;
of the recent $50, 900 enlightenment in
the Baptist Publication Society; brings
to mind the fact that "since the Ana
mosa penitentiary was established, 1914
believers in endless misery have been in
generated, and the Universalist faith,
which offers premium on SIM has
had representation of twenty, and that
the other penitentiary statistics of the
country are in about the same ratio;"
and wants to know where the ''prem-
ium" was placed in these cases, add
ing word of merited rebuke to the
respectable pastors who support such
wretched falsifers:
If Mr.. Chubbock represents an in
telligent portion of this community, let
him publicly bring forward facts to
prove his statement or else recall it. l
have no expectation that he will do so,
for he has been guilty of the same mis-
representation in other communities,
and when asked to substantiate his
statements he decided that duty called
him to another field of labor. If DIR.
Carton and his people care to endorse a
man who, in the language of the street
and brothel, attacks other Christian
churches in every way the equal to his
own, who says that it is easier to pillow
up hell with jack rabbits than to enter
heaven by their faith, it is none of our
business-the language is certainly
edifying for Christian people.
We speak because we should be false
to deepest convictions of duty, and to
the constituency we represent, did we
keep silent, for then we should tacitly |
admit the justice of his accusation.
We speak because we would have the |
gentleman understand that the intelli- |
gent Universalists of Cedar Rapids |
think that man who is professedly a |
believer in endless misery and by his |
own confession has led life of shame, |
should at least be careful in his accusa-
lions as to the moral tendencies of other |
religious faiths.
Rev. Mr.. Deere, in Riverside, in his
review of DIR. Graves, gives an admir-
able exposition of the faith of Univer-
salists on the points which the revivalist
to beat "with his evangelical
fail, " and out of which he proposed to
manufacture capital for his revival.
From the review our readers will gain
a good idea of the several arguments
which were used in this particular
effort to defame Universalism. AS DIR.
Graves was endorsed by all the clergy
men of Riverside, with the exception
If Mr.. Deere, the review and exposi-
ion was dignified and timely. We pre-
Ient below the major part of the article:
1. First, then let me say that we believe
n hell. We may not be able to locate it
quite as accurately as DIR. Graves does,
rho says it isdOlUn below, quoting Script
ire vigorously to prove the Ito him) very
important point. But We believe that it